Saturday, December 3, 2022

Open Letter : General Shamshad & Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

Most Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum,

Congratulations on becoming the Joint Chief of the Armed Forces of Pakistan !

We have not written ‘most respected’ just as a formality but we truly mean it. Your life story is truly an inspiration for all of us, for its poignancy and perseverance. You have ultimately made it to the top and your parents must be done proud of you up in the Heavens J

It has been an especially traumatic year for Pakistan this last one year. Just as we thought that we were finally taking off in the world, we crashed. Previously, we used to believe that our corrupt politicians are responsible for Pakistan being an underdeveloped country to date. Our hearts sank when we witnessed the international Cipher Conspiracy unfolding, being put to action by the local stooges and PM Imran Khan actually losing office before our very eyes. We felt so helpless to stop it. We have always envisioned the Army as our saviors, so we looked towards them to save us from this foul play. Although the Martial Law has always been detested by the democratic people, we were willing for a Martial Law to be imposed rather than governance being handed over to the corrupt and conspiring PDM.

We actually upheld this demand in a protest prior to 9th April 2022. PM Imran Khan, being the smart player he is, was bowling the PDM well, starting from 3rd April 2022, when he blocked their No Confidence Motion, technically. We were expecting more fun on 9th April 2022. But then on the fateful night of 9th April 2022, the nation got the shock of its life. COAS Qamar Bajwa arrived at the parliament along with a prisoner van. In fact, we got excited. We thought our C-in-C was about to arrest and load the crooks of PDM into the prisoner van and hail a great applause on the night of the final showdown. But it did not happen so. IT DID NOT HAPPEN SO. What actually happened was that the greatest man of our times, PM Imran Khan had to walk out of the PM Office with a single diary in his hand, because Bajwa had brought the prisoner van for Khan !!!

Because of the treacherous decision of a single man and some of his friends, the nation and the army have become polarized with each other today. The army uniform no longer gives us a feeling of security. And you know very well what has followed those who opposed the Regime Change Operation … arrests, torture and filming of personal videos. Does Pak Army stand for this ? In our lifetime, this dirty game was started by Musharraf, who despite being a commando, buckled under the American pressure and dragged Pakistan in America’s war-of-terror. He sold Pakistani men and women along with their children and had the audacity to boast about it in his book, In the Line of Fire.

Lo, he hath faced the fire and died rather than living the shameful, cowardly life that he has lived …

The recent appointments have all been about seniority, so looking at the hierarchy of the Armed Forces, we found you to be the most senior. The Army, Navy and Airforce are under your command. We are sure that majority of the officers of the Armed Forces of Pakistan want to patch up with the nation. New appointments, new zeal … this is a great time to become friends again ! For starters, we need to undo those misdeeds which can be undone. Top of the list is Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. There are still some miscreants in office who are carrying on the mal-legacy of Musharraf. In the last twenty years, Pakistan has had multiple opportunities to have Aafia freed but they were not availed. We used to think that it is America who is not releasing Aafia. Some people voiced suspicion upon the local establishment. Ironically, the mystery has been cleared by the very Yvonne Ridley who discovered Aafia’s place of imprisonment in the first place. It is not America, it is Pakistan. Please see Yvonne Ridley’s article on the Middle East Monitor as attachment.

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180529-pakistani-intelligence-blocked-a-prisoner-swap-to-release-dr-aafia-siddiqui/

We wrote to Bajwa exactly one year ago and requested him to have Aafia released and wear the feather of her freedom in his cap at his retirement ceremony as an outstanding honor. He didn’t do anything. Rather, he did worse and has retired with a lifelong disgrace. Perhaps, the honorary feather of Aafia’s freedom belongs to you.

May Allah Almighty bless you and this struggling nation in this world and the Hereafter … Ameen

وَلَا تَهِنُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَنتُمُ الْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ‏

‘Do not lose hope and do not grieve, for you shall become the super power if you are true believers!’

[The Holy Quran, Al-Imran, V.139]

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